Earthquake in Japan | Iglesia Cristiana Ebenezer de la Ciudad de Mexico

Friday, 11 March 2011 15:32

"... There will be great earthquakes and in various places famines and pestilences, and there will be terrors and great signs from heaven ..."

Luke 21.11

The death toll from the earthquake and subsequent tsunami that struck today the eastern part of Japan is likely to exceed one thousand, according to the Ministry of Defence.

The ministry said that around 800 thousand homes in Fukushima Prefecture, were devastated.

Between 200 and 300 bodies were found in the city of Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture. Almost every thousand 200 homes in a district of the city which issued a tsunami warning were totally or partially destroyed.

Police said they have confirmed the death of 133 others in the country. A total of 531 people were reported missing, and hundreds more wounded.

In Tokyo there were more than 60 injured by the earthquake, whose intensity was calculated at 8.9 degrees, reported the Japanese news agency Kyodo.

Many rail services in the Tokyo metropolitan area were suspended, making it impossible for some 20 thousand people returned to their homes. However, some services were resumed hours after the quake.

The roads were saturated with people and the government of the capital city offered its facilities and 244 schools to those unable to return home to spend the night.

Meanwhile, between 60 thousand and 70 thousand people have been moved to shelters in Sendi, the capital of Miyagi Prefecture.

On the other hand, Japan declared a state of emergency nuclear power after the country, which has about 50 nuclear power reactors, was rocked by a powerful earthquake.

The government instructed about three thousand residents near a reactor in Fukushima Prefecture to leave the area.

The eviction notice was issued for people living within two miles of the plant, while those living within a radius of 10 miles were asked to stay home, said government spokesman Yukio Edan.

Edan said one of the reactors can not be cooled, but said the incident poses no danger at the moment.

Prime Minister Naoto Kan declared an emergency although no radiation leak was detected after the earthquake, so the authorities can easily implement assistance measures, Edan said.

Meanwhile, a large explosion occurred in a petrochemical complex in Shiogama, a suburb dee Sendai.

Japanese TV shows images of the flames that cover tens of meters from the resort's facilities

Source. UNIVERSAL, Notimex

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